Kevin James

Los Angeles' crumbling sidewalks long have symbolized the challenges facing pedestrians in this car-dominated city. After years of hearing complaints about sidewalks made impassable by cracks, buckles and bulging tree roots, officials recently announced plans to spend nearly $1.4 billion on an ambitious, 30-year repair campaign. But figuring out which sidewalks to fix is proving a major challenge. No surveys have been done to assess the scope of the problem, or where the worst spots lurk in the estimated 10,000 miles of sidewalks that crisscross the city. And the pot of available money may cover only a portion of the job. As they struggle to get their arms around the work ahead,...

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